For the sake of avid cruciverbalists amongst us, each week I create a new crossword puzzle that has a theme related to engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and other technical words. You will never be asked the name of a movie star unless he/she was involved in a technical endeavor (e.g., Hedy Lamarr). Clues in this week's puzzle with an asterisk (*) are directly from Friday's "High Tech News" column on the RF Cafe homepage. Enjoy!
Reproduction of this puzzle without the express permission of RF Cafe is prohibited. acr. = acronym, abbr. = abbreviation, pl. = plural, wds. = words 
1. _______ Military Contracts for 1st Laser Weapon in Mid 2020s * 7. Mate to a RCVR 11. ______ velocity - speed necessary to become free of the Earth's gravitational force 13. ____ Component Market to Grow >4% to $9.13B in 2021 * 16. Uppermost surface 17. Propagation by means of ionospheric reflection 20. BlackBerry or Palm for example (abbr.) 21. A common battery cell size 23. Chemical symbol for neon 24. Peak Inverse Voltage 25. Opposite of O.D. 26. Network department (abbr.) 27. Stephen ____ - popular author on microwave circuit design 29. Set of poles 31. Minutes of Use (abbr.) 32. Unit of apparent power (abbr.) 33. Adds two or more inputs 35. Chemical symbol for tantalum 36. Antitrust Suit Against _____ Can Move Forward * 37. Steel, brass, aluminum, etc. 38. Front edge of a wing (abbr.) 39. Mechanical engineering organization (abbr.) 40. PC follower 41. Logic family (abbr.) 43. Integrated Services Digital Network (abbr.) 45. Plural of locus 46. Galilean moon 47. Multifunctional silicon devices (abbr.) 48. Synchronous Digital Hierarchy 49. Chemical symbol for bismuth 50. Chemical symbol for tin 51. Exponent that returns the original number 53. Nuclear explosion byproduct harmful to electronic (abbr., pl.) 55. Compound used as the frequency determining element in microwave oscillators 57. A common lamp tube gas 59. Lowest operational frequency of a waveguide 62. Describes when a synchronous motor loses phase lock 63. The "As" in GaAs | 1. Chemical symbol for beryllium 2. Readability, Signal, and Tone (QoS report type) 3. Small representative graphics 4. Medium for storing large amounts of digital data 5. Internet protocol (abbr.) 6. Chemical symbol for selenium 8. Chemical symbol for magnesium 9. Transformer interwinding connection 10. Communication that method makes use of electromagnetic waves (abbr.) 12. Chemical symbol for silicon 14. Applying more signal than a circuit can handle 15. __________ Ready to Deal with Anticipated Traffic Flow at New Venue * 17. Halves of DIP's 18. Large unit of apparent power (abbr.) 19. FCC Fines ______ FM Operator $25k * 22. A common battery cell size 28. The "R" in DRC in substrate layout 30. Things in a bill of material 31. 1/000 of an inch 33. Join two or more wires 34. Akin to an EE, CE, AE, etc. 36. Online service 37. 1E6 nanoseconds 39. Boolean expression (pl.) 40. Automatic Calibration System (abbr.) 42. Frequency (pl.) 44. Digital Signal Processor (abbr.) 45. Flame Retardant in __-___ Batteries Could Quench Fires 49. 8 bits 52. End of Life (abbr.) 54. Greek letter (micro) 56. Ground fault interrupter (abbr.) 58. Chemical symbol for nickel 59. Chemical symbol for chromium 60. Unit of time (abbr.) 61. A BPF specification (abbr.) |
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